en.unionpedia.org

Total cost management, the Glossary

Index Total cost management

Total cost management (TCM) is the name given by AACE International to a process for applying the skills and knowledge of cost engineering.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 4 relations: AACE International, Cost engineering, Project management, Project Management Body of Knowledge.

  2. Cost engineering
  3. Management frameworks

AACE International

AACE International (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering) was founded in 1956 by 59 cost estimators and cost engineers during the organizational meeting of the American Association of Cost Engineering at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. Total cost management and AACE International are cost engineering.

See Total cost management and AACE International

Cost engineering

Cost engineering is "the engineering practice devoted to the management of project cost, involving such activities as estimating, cost control, cost forecasting, investment appraisal and risk analysis".

See Total cost management and Cost engineering

Project management

Project management is the process of supervising the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints.

See Total cost management and Project management

Project Management Body of Knowledge

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is a set of standard terminology and guidelines (a body of knowledge) for project management.

See Total cost management and Project Management Body of Knowledge

See also

Cost engineering

Management frameworks

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_cost_management